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Definition of 'foehn'English
Alternative forms
* , fohn
Noun
( en-noun)
A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
* 1971 , WW Kibler, translating Gian Fontana, ‘The Mayor of Valdei’, in Bezzola (ed.), The Curly-Horned Cow , Peter Owen 1971, p. 71:
- The foehn and the sun must have awakened the spirits of spring way up in the heights.
(meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
See also
* chinook
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